Brian Lara treated to epic farewell match
A full house at the Kensington Oval turned up for Brian Lara's farewell
21/04Result
48th Match, Super Eights, ICC World Cup at Bridgetown, Apr 21 2007
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![West Indies]( "West Indies")
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![England]( "England")
301/9 (49.5/50 ov)
Player of the Match
21/04Result
48th Match, Super Eights, ICC World Cup at Bridgetown, Apr 21 2007
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![West Indies]( "West Indies")
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![England]( "England")
301/9 (49.5/50 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Day
Being there for Lara's goodbye
Stuart Broad was witness to two emotional departures during the 2007 World Cup, his first
England and West Indies penalised for slow over rates
Both England and West Indies have been penalised for slow over rates in their Super Eights match in Barbados yesterday
Some loud thunder
It's a pity that the World Cup had to wait for 47 days for a match like this one, but the stage demanded nothing less
Brian Lara still bucking the world
With a cacophonous sell-out crowd and the green hills of central Barbados behind him, Brian Lara batted for the last time in an international today. Or so he tells us
Cruel twist of fate
Almost every great hero of West Indies cricket in the modern era has gone down in flames instead of fireworks, writes Fazeer Mohammed
Pietersen breaks a jinx
Kevin Pietersen scored his fifth ODI century, but the first in a winning cause for England
West Indies v England, Super Eights, Barbados
Match home for England v West Indies, Super Eights, Barbados
Playing for more than pride
West Indies lost four of their five Super Eights matches and with it the chance for a semi-finals berth. But their last game in this World Cup on Saturday assumed importance not only for the sake of pride but also due to the impending tour of England in M
Clive Lloyd retires as ICC match referee during 2007 World Cup
The former West Indies captain retired as an ICC match referee on the same day as Brian Lara quit international cricket
The party pooper and Nixon's psychological ploy
Interesting moments of the day's play both on and off the field
World Cup
| Super Eights | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AUS | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 2.4 |
| SL | 7 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 1.483 |
| NZ | 7 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0.253 |
| SA | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0.313 |
| ENG | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -0.394 |
| WI | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -0.566 |
| BAN | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | -1.514 |
| IRE | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | -1.73 |
| Group A | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AUS | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3.433 |
| SA | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2.403 |
| NED | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2.527 |
| SCOT | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3.793 |
| Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SL | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3.493 |
| BAN | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1.523 |
| IND | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.206 |
| BER | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -4.345 |
| Group C | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| NZ | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2.138 |
| ENG | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.418 |
| KENYA | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1.194 |
| CAN | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1.389 |
| Group D | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| WI | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.764 |
| IRE | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -0.092 |
| PAK | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.089 |
| ZIM | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -0.886 |